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JimGinPA

(14,811 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:00 PM Nov 2012

Everyone In Line At My PA Poll Was Asked To Show ID Except Me

And they all did. I did point to my signature in the book (upside down) when the poll worker couldn't find it right away & she had watched me read the info sheet on the new "law" while was waiting for the people ahead of me.


I also was given a paper ballot instead of being offered the option of using a machine. I have used paper ballots the last 4 elections & I have no idea if there is a notation of that in the book or not. It was just odd that the others were asked & I wasn't.


My wife voted just after 7 this morning & they didn't ask her for ID either.

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Everyone In Line At My PA Poll Was Asked To Show ID Except Me (Original Post) JimGinPA Nov 2012 OP
They could have been 1st time voters at that location - ID is required in that instance. MgtPA Nov 2012 #1
While I was in line in the Philly suburbs drm604 Nov 2012 #2
Crap for the birds. There are sign-in forms with BLOCKS for LETTERS so they can read easily. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #8
Let me guess ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #3
. bigtree Nov 2012 #7
Nice JimGinPA Nov 2012 #12
I declined to show my ID out of principle. MadrasT Nov 2012 #4
I wonder if that was a provisional ballot you were given. eom tledford Nov 2012 #5
No, It Was A Paper Ballot That I Had To Scan In JimGinPA Nov 2012 #6
Where? In my place in PA NOBODY was asked. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #9
Lancaster County nt JimGinPA Nov 2012 #10
AKA: Republican Dutch Country. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #11
Could they have recognized you even if you didn't recognize them? Nikia Nov 2012 #13

drm604

(16,230 posts)
2. While I was in line in the Philly suburbs
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:07 PM
Nov 2012

they announced that no ID was required but that they would appreciate us showing it as it would help them find our names in the signature book. I had my driver's license with me but I had already made up my mind that I wasn't showing any id, so I compromised and showed them my voter registration card just to help move things along.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
3. Let me guess ...
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:52 PM
Nov 2012

You are a 50-something white male and were carrying a Book of Mormon, displaying your NRA and concealed carry license and you were wearing your heavily soiled ted nugett tee shirt and you had to wipe the Cheetos off you hands in order not leave the orange on the ballot.

MadrasT

(7,237 posts)
4. I declined to show my ID out of principle.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:25 PM
Nov 2012

Been voting at the same polling place for years.

Also on a paper ballot.

JimGinPA

(14,811 posts)
6. No, It Was A Paper Ballot That I Had To Scan In
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:31 PM
Nov 2012

That's what I've done the last few elections - you get a receipt.

Nikia

(11,411 posts)
13. Could they have recognized you even if you didn't recognize them?
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 03:38 PM
Nov 2012

At my bank, for example, the teller calls me by name before I have gotten out anything to suggest who I am. She was recognizing me long before I would recognize her outside the bank. Some long time poll workers might even recognize people who vote regularly even if they only see them on that occasion. That's why I think that it would be risky for anyone to try to double vote.

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